ProudGrandma Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 My neice is graduating on Saturday from College. She has a job and will be moving into an apartment. I know that the logical thing is something for her apartment...which is great...but what exactly. Everything I think about makes me feel like I am giving her a wedding/bridal shower gift...not a graduation gift...know what I mean?? So if you have any really cool thoughts, I would really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 A digital photo frame or something to put pictures in? Or something that has to do with her degree. Which would be???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 If you want to go with the apartment furnishing route, I'd get her a gift card to someplace where she could select something nice and/or fun, like William Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, or Pier One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Has she lived on her own before? If not, maybe some cookware or a giftcard to a place like Target or Ikea. I remember having to buy a ton of incidentals, like lightbulbs and snow shovels, when DH and I got married upon college graduation. It really added up and we were practically broke even before that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allie911 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 The most useful, albeit completely different, gift I received upon highschool graduation was a toolbox full of household tools : D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 oh, I LOVE this idea....thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I love the tool box gift idea too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 The tool box idea is great, imo. You might also give a book that covers basic household chores/repairs...? On a completely different note, my aunt gave me a gold bangle bracelet when I graduated. It's something I've had all these years & still wear. It was nice to have at the time to wear to work or for nice outings & is something I still have & use regularly (many, many years later). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I love the idea of a basic toolbox and book. I think I'll steal that idea a nephew who graduates next month and is moving in with friends. As for my other graduating nephew, I'm giving him a gas card and an IOU. The IOU is for lunch and a shopping date with me later in the summer. He'll need a few new additions to his professional wardrobe, and this way he can pick some things out himself. I have at least one sister and one SIL who also plan to chip in for this, and who will also give a small token gift to open at the graduation party. This nephew and I are very close and we share a similar fashion sense (for him) so it's win-win LOL. I have two neices also graduating next month. Both will be staying at home, too, and both have more-than-adequate wardrobes for any possible scenario - work OR play. One is graduating high school, and a few of us are going in to give her and her best friend a trip to the mainland. We'll give them a choice, within reason, but are thinking either San Francisco, New York City, or Dallas. We have family in all three. I'm donating my air miles and hotel points, the other siblings will kick in for expenses. This neice is staying behind in Hawaii and her best friend will be attending college in Kansas, so it's a nice last hurrah. The other neice graduates college and I was thinking of getting her a nice spa day but I also like the upthread suggestion of a bracelet - it'll be one of those two. My youngest sister is also graduating. She's worked her tail off and had scholarships cover all of her tuition, most of her books, and a portion of her living expenses at a public Ivy. We're incredibly proud of her, and as a family are gifting her my brother's car. He had leased it for the past three years and is getting a new car anyhow. She saved us a ton (more) by earning scholarships, and she's our "baby" so she marks the official end of an era. My parents have been supplying colleges with kids since the '80s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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